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Oh, I won't I'm quite sure, the paint will change after clearcoating. And I like the way it looks, even in case the greenish tint won't show, so I will be happy anyway.

Thank you Matt, that seems to be the problem. There was some part of a sentence that the forum-software didn't like for some reason... Best, Urs

Hi all New posting attempt... Thank you Dann. Looking at your Lambo this means a lot to me Some progress has been made. Although first there were several steps back. After the first few coats of paint I noticed on several spots that I missed sanding the surface to a flat apperance. After sanding there were so many white spots where I came through to the bare plastic, that I decided to remove all paint and start over. The paint is Nord Gray Metallic by Zero Paints. First I was quite disappointed, because on the 1:1 car the paint looks quite green depending on the angle of incidence of the light. Here I only got a dark gray metallic color. But after about 10 thin layers the greenish tint started to show. Currently there are 14 thin coats applied an sometimes you can already see the desired effect. Unfortunately I didn't manage to capture it in my picture. You will just have to believe me Than I repainted the lower part of the dashboard. Some detail painting will still be required though. The diffusor got some carbon decals applied. As you can see it is not yet finished. In the back I will have to make new stencils to cut them out, as the way I planned on doing it didn't work that well in the front part. Finally I took the brakes out of the detail set and put them together. Sadly, the paints for the interior did not yet arrive, so I'm on a halt as most of the things I could do without the interior have been done. But I hope, they will arrive soon, not that I have to search my WIP on page 725 when continuing That's all for the moment. I wish you all a nice weekend. Urs

Hmmm... I don't know, what I'm doing wrong. I just wanted to update this WIP and every time I hit the submit button I am redirected to a 404-page saying, the page I was looking for could not be found??

Thank you for your feedback Meanwhile I got some more progress to show. First, I finished the engine as far as I could before mounting it to the frame. Then I finished the underbody(?). The engine has not glued on yet, as it has to be mounted to the interior tub, which I didn't even started with. The stripe on the underside has been made by usual aluminium foil. Than the body parts got their first coats of primer. Here you see the result after three coats of primer and some wetsanding with a 3000 grit sanding sponge. Today I applied another coat of primer on these spots where I managed to sand through. This evening I will start painting it. So much for the moment. Urs

Hello After a long time mostly reading, I decided, it was time for my first WIP here on modelcarsmag. As english is not my native language some things might sound somehow strange or even rude. But stay assured, if something sounds rude, it is in no way meant that way As soon as Tamiya launched it's kit of Honda's 2016 NSX I knew, I wanted it. For a long time it sat on my shelf waiting for its build and finally I picked it out. The kit will be completed by HobbyDesign's detail up set. As I am still waiting for some paints I ordered, I decided to start with all the things I already could do, so don't wonder if the progress does not match with the order of the steps in Tamiya's building instructions. First I started with the shock struts. The front ones I will have to redo in the aluminium colored part as there was a mishap when holding them to get the chrome paint on. The engine has been assembled and painted in dull aluminium. The valve covers and the chromy thing on top are not glued on yet. The rims have been painted in gunmetal gray. I'm not absoluteley sure, whether they will stay like this. This will depend on the final color of the body. I won't tell you yet the exact color, but I think not all of you will like it Some parts of the exhaust system have been airbrushed with Molotow's Liquid Chrome and sealed with Alclad's Aqua Gloss before getting a light wash. That's all for the moment. I hope to have piqued your interest. Urs

Thank you all for your kind replies

Hi everybody Here are the pics of my Jaguar XJ 220 I finished last automn. It was the Tamiya kit which was just pure fun to build. Urs

Tank you all for your kind comments Soon I'll show some other cars I took to the studio the same day

Hello I just noticed it's a long time I last posted something here... Let me show you my latest build. After having built several "normal" cars, this was my first racing car. Some parts were quite fiddly and the racing seat didn't fit inside the rolling cage, so I used the seat from the street version instead. Cheers, Urs

Hello everybody Thank you for your replies. I'm glad you like my GTO Yes, I have found some from the WIP I made. (For those who are interested, you can find one here in german).

Hello This is my first contribution to this forum. It's a Ferrari 250 GTO by Revell with the PE set by HobbyDesign and Hasegawa's Spoke Wheel set for the Ferrari 250 Testarossa. Building took about one year, as dealing with PE parts was completely new to me. Regards, Urs

Yes, I have. You can glue the piece to the main body, but you'll have to shorten the two rods on part 30 which should fit in the holes in the front part of the body. They're not really needed to fit and as long as you don't cut them completely, it can't be seen.